More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In a live interview with Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer lobbed a softball about the news that the Justice Department was considering launching a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal: “As you’ve heard, two inspectors general have called for a criminal investigation into her use of that private e-mail server for sensitive information. As someone who occupies the job and knows what information is handled by someone in your position, is this politics or is she in real trouble?”
Kerry dodged the controversy: “...all I know is what I’ve read today and learned today....What I do know is that in the State Department we have a whole team working extremely hard to get all of the required e-mails out, public as fast as possible. And I can't wait until that happens, I'm sure Hillary can't either. And I'm sure it’ll be cleared up with the final release...”
